In the
news last week, Ai Weiwei was conspicuously
excluded from a Shanghai exhibition (New York Times); Pritzker prize-winning architect Hans Hollein
died (Washington Post); the Whitney shared details surrounding its
inaugural exhibitions at its new space (GalleristNY); Michelangelo’s David is in a precarious state and conservators
report it could collapse (The Telegraph); the new Charles James exhibition at the
Metropolitan Museum of Art is brought to life with robotic arms (New York Times); Lollapalooza will stage its first art
exhibition this summer, to be curated by Shepard Fairey (Chicago Tribune); China’s museum boom has brought with it a
wealth of innovative new architecture (CNN); art
dealer Hillel Nahmad faces a year in prison for involvement in a gambling ring
(Bloomberg); and T Magazine shared a preview of Pharrell’s
upcoming Galerie Perrotin show (T Magazine).